Structure of Migration & Remittances in Africa: Issues and Opportunities

(TBD)

10:45 – 11:15

Remittances and Development: Linkage and Possible Strategy

(TBD)

11:15 – 11:45

Discussion

4 SEPTEMBER

Session II – Strengthening Capacities, institutions and policies

11:45 – 12:00

Diaspora and Home Town Associations as transnational communities of Development: Building Capacity and Trust

Chukwe Emeka Chikezie,AFFORD

12:00 – 12:15

Building Multi-stakeholder and South South Partnerships

TBD

12:15 – 12:30

Coherent policies to link remittances and development: Making co-development work

TBD

12:30 – 13:30

Discussion

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

Session III – Country Experiences

Break-out Sessions

(Topics will be specified based on the outcome of national consultations)

14:30 – 15:45

(Tea/coffee will be served during this session)

Group I: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, Senegal

Plenary Hall

Group II: Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda

Conference Room 1

Group III: Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho, South Africa, Tanzania

Conference Room 2

Chair/Facilitator:

TBD

15:45 – 16:30

Report to Plenary

16:30 – 17:30

Comments by Experts, followed by Open Floor Discussion

Experts:

TBD

17:30 – 18:00

Discussion

19:00 – 21:00

Cocktail Reception

5 SEPTEMBER

Session IV

08:30 – 09:00

Tea/Coffee

09:00 – 09:15

Summary – Day 1

09:15 – 11:15

Panel on Private Sector and Public Private Partnerships

Central Banks/Private sector institutions:

TBD

11:15 – 11:45

Tea/Coffee

Session V

11:45 – 13:30

UN Agencies/International Agencies/Bilateral Agencies

TBD

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00

Next Steps

16:00 – 16:30

Closing Remarks by:

-Government of Ghana

-UNDP Ghana

-UNDP Regional Bureau

About UN-OHRLLS

The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001